Improvement in barbed fence-wires



O. PED-E RS ON. Barbed Pence-Wire.

No. 205,501. PatentedJuly 2, 1878..

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

OLE PEDERSON, OF J OLIET, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BARBED FENCE-WIRES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 205,501, dated July 2,1878; application filed April 25, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLE PEDERsoN, of J oliet, in the county of Will andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBarbs for Wire Fences; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable othersskilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use thesame, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, forming part ofthis speeifica tion, in which Figure represents a piece of twistedfencewire with a barb or spur embodying my invention attached thereto.Fig. 2 represents an end view of the barb or spur detached from thewire.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates to that class of barbs or spurs used upon the railsof a wire fence, said rails being composed of two wires twistedtogether; and the object of my invention is to simplify the constructionof the barb or spur and lessen the cost of manufacture, and also to soform the barb or spur that it can be readily and firmly secured to thetwisted wire rail.

To that end my invention consists in a castmetal barb having a series ofsharp points projecting in opposite directions, and laterally from theplane of the twisted-wire fence-rail, and having the body of the barb orspur made in proper shape to fit the curve of the single wires whentwisted together, and grooved longitudinally to receive the singlewires, as hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawing, A represents the fence wire or rail, which is composedof two single wires, rt a, twisted together in the usual manner. Drepresents the barb or spur, which is made from cast or malleable iron,and is provided with sharp-pointed spurs 0, d, c, and f, projecting inopposite directions and radially from the body of the barb, as shown inFig. 2. The body of the barb is elongated upon one end, and is so formedas to describe the arc of a circle corresponding with the curve of thesingle wire, as shown at F, Fig. l, and is provided with grooves formedon opposite sides, and between the points 0 e and d f, to receive thewires a a, respectively, when twisted together.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

The combination, with the twisted wires a a, of the cast-metal barb D,provided with the pointed spurs 0, d, e, and f,projecting radiallytherefrom, and having the body of the barb elongated, so that its endsproject beyond the outer edges of the spurs, and provided with thelongitudinal grooves curved to receive and fit the angle of the twistedwires a a, substantially as shown and described.

OLE PEDERSON. Witnesses:

J. G. WILOKE, N. G. GRIDLEY.

